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SubjectRe: [PATCH]micro optimization of kcalloc
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:45:23PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> static inline void *kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> {
> - if (n != 0 && size > INT_MAX / n)
> + if (unlikely(size != 0 && n > INT_MAX / size ))
> return NULL;
> return kzalloc(n * size, flags);
> }

This function shouldn't be inlined. We have no need to optimize the
unlikely case like this.

-ben
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